Method of and device for saving shaving soap



4 J. CARRAU METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR SAVING SHAVING SOAP Filed July 31,1950 July 28, 1953 INVENTOR MARIO J. CARRAU ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 28, '1953 METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR SAVING SHAVING SOAPMario J. Carrau, Montevideo, Uruguay Application July 31, 1950, SerialNo. 176,809

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to shaving soap and, more particularly, toshaving sticks. It is well known that the use of shaving sticks hasheretofore been somewhat uneconomical due to the fact that, when thestick has been used up to a certain extent, it is no longer possibleproperly to to grasp the stick by hand so as to expose a sufiicientportion of the stick for applying the same to the face for shavingpurposes. Manufacturers of shaving sticks have realized theabove-mentioned drawback and, therefore, have applied a small threadedring to the lower end of the shaving stick and furthermore, haveprovided a nut-like knob for engagement with said ring. However,-although this arrangement, while reducing the waste somewhat, failed tosolve the above-mentioned problem, inasmuch as still about one-fifth ofa shaving stick cannot be used and has to be thrown away. It is,therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a method anddevice which will overcome the above-mentioned drawback.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a method of and devicefor saving shaving soap of shaving sticks which will make it possible toutilize a shaving stick up to its very end. It is still another objectof this invention to provide means which are inexpensive, easy tohandle, and will make it possible in a, very simple manner to increasethe surface by which the hand can handle the lower end of the shavingstick while simultaneously making it possible to use the stick up to itsvery end.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear moreclearly from the following specification in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 shows a soap shaving kit according to the present invention.

Figure 2 shows in a manner of an exploded view the various elements ofthe soap saving kit according to the present invention in the sequencein which they are operated in order to utilize the lower portion of theshaving stick.

Figure 3 shows the last stage of the pressing action for causing thelower portion of the shaving stick to adhere to the handle according tothe present invention.

Figure 4 shows the removal of the handle with the stick portion adheringthereto.

Figure 5 shows the handle with the soap portion connected thereto readyfor use in connection with the shaving operation.

General arrangement According to the present invention, there is ered bya lid 1.

provided a stick-like element, one end of which is preferablyspherically shaped, while the lower end of the shaving stick has acorresponding spherical shape so that the spherical end of the saidelement will fit into the spherically shaped portion of the lower endof. the shaving stick.

When the shaving stick has been used up to such an extent that its lowerend would be covered by the hand trying to apply soap from the shavingstick to the face, the lower end of the shaving stick is placed with itsupper end down into a, tubular container after the upper surface of theshaving stick has been slightly moistened. When the stick portion thusrests on the bottom of the tubular container, the diameter of which isslightly larger than the diameter of the shaving stick, theabove-mentioned element is introduced into the container with itsspherical surface down and is firmly pressed against the shaving stickin said container.

The said element or handle may be of any desirable material, forinstance, wood, which has great adherence to moistened soap. After thehandle has been pressed against the shaving stick portion, it is removedfrom the tubular member with the shaving stick portion firmly adherinthereto. The shaving stick can then be used in the normal manner up toits very last end.

Structural arrangement Referring now to the drawings in detail and,Figure 1 thereof in particular, this figure shows a soap saving kitaccording to the present invention. This kit comprises a box I having arecess 2 and a recess 3. Resting in the recess 2 is a tubular container4 which may be of metal, plastic or any other convenient material and isprovided with a bottom 5 having an opening 6 therein. The opening 6 isof such diameter as to allow the introduction of a finger therethroughfor a purpose to be specified later. The upper end of the tubularcontainer 4 is open and may be cov- Arranged at the bottom 5 of thecontainer 4 is a supporting plate 8, which has an outer diameterslightly less than the inner diameter of the container 4 and is slidablethroughout the length of the container 4. Figure 1 shows resting on thesupporting plate 8 a normal shaving stick 9. However, this shaving stickdiffers from the usual shaving sticks in that one end, in the drawingthe end adjacent the supporting plate 8, is spherically shaped asindicated at Ill.

The kit shown in Figure 1, furthermore, comprises a handle II which isshown to be of wood. but may be of any other convenient material 0 whichwill give good adherence with soap when moistened and will properlystick to the soap when the soap is dry. The length of the handle I l ispreferably slightly less than that of the tube 4 so that, if desired, itcan be stored therein later. However, principally, the length of thehandle I I has to be merely such that it can be easily grasped by thehand and pressed in the tube against the stick remainder to be utilized.

The operation of the elements of the new soap saving kit according tothe present invention for utilizing the lower end of a used shavingstick is as follows:

Assuming that the shaving stick 9, due to use has been reduced to theshaving stick 9a of limited height so that it cannot be grasped any moreby the hand or between fingers. In. order to utilize the stick portion9a, the supporting plate 8 is first placed upon the bottom 5 of thetubular container 4. Thereupon, the shaving stick portion' 9a, with itsspherical surface [0 upwardly directed, is placed upon the supportingplate 8 after the surface it: has been slightly moistened. Now, thehandle II, with its spherical surface l2 downwardly directed, isintroduced into the container 4. The assembly will then be in theposition shown in Figure 3, whereupon pressure is applied upon thesurface l3 of the handle H in the direction of the arrow I4, as shown inFigure 3. This pressure in cooperation with the spherical surfaces Illand I2 will bring about a strong adherence between the stick portion 0aand the handle H. The handle, together with the soap, is then removedfrom the container 4 by introducing a finger through the opening 6 inthe bottom 5 of the tubular container 4 as shown in Figure 4. The handlewill then have its spheri cal end covered by the soap, as shown inFigure 4, and as will be obvious, the soap can now be used in theordinary way up to its very end.

It is, of course, understood that the present invention is by no meanslimited to the particular construction shown in the drawings but, also,comprises any modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A soap-saving kit comprising a tubular member open at the top andhaving a bottom provided with an opening therethrough, a disc normallyat rest on said bottom and slidable within the tubular member in thelongitudinal direction thereof, a soap-stick supported on the surface ofthe disc away from the bottom of the tarily to the exposed curvedsurface of the soap stick supported on the disc, said cylindricalelement being adapted to be inserted in the tubular member with itscurved end surface in engagement with the curved end surface of thesoapstick supported on the disc and to be removed from the tubularmember, whereby the soapstick supported on the disc is transferred fromthe disc to the curved end surface. of the cylindrical element andremoved from the tubular member by the cylindrical element, thecylindrical element, after removal thereof from the tubular member,serving as a supporting and grasping means for the soap-sticktransferred thereto from the disc and removed from the tubular memberthereby.

2. A method of utilizing a soap-stick which has been shortened in lengthby use which comprises the steps of providing an end of the shortenedlength of soap-stick with a curved surface, disposing the shortenedlength of soap-stick on a sup-port with its curved surface exposed,moistening the curved surface, engaging the moistened curved surfacewith a complementarily curved surface on a handle, uniting the handleand short- P ened length of soap-stick by pressure, and separating theunited handle and shortened length of' soap-stick from the support onwhich the length of soap-stick was initially disposed.

3. A method of utilizing a. shaving-stick which has been shortened. in.length by use which, comprises the step of providing an end of theshortened length of shaving-stickwith a concave surface, disposing theshortened length of shaving-stick on a support with its concave surfaceexposed, moistening said concave surface, engag-- ing the moistenedconcave-surface with a convex surface of a handle, uniting the handleand short.- ened' length of shaving-stick by pressure, and separatingthe united handle and shortened length of shaving-stick from the supporton which the shortened length of shaving-stick" was initially disposed.

MAR-1O J. CARRAU.

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